The Union of the Disciples with Christ
The Allegory of the Vine
The allegory of the Vine is similar in kind to that of the Door and of the Good Shepherd in chap. 10 (see introductory note there): this sets forth union from within, the other union from without.
CHAPTER XV. _The union of Jesus Christ with his followers, represented by the_ _parable of a vine and its branches_, 1-11. _He exhorts them to mutual love_, 12. _Calls them his friends, and promis...
I AM THE TRUE VINE - Some have supposed that this discourse was delivered in the room where the Lord’s Supper was instituted, and that, as they had made use of wine, Jesus took occasion from that to s...
CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .) Israel is called a vine...
JOHN 15. THE VINE. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. Two...
CHAPTER XV. THE TRUE VINE (John 15:1-16) The solemnity of the moment, when the Redeemer rose to leave the Upper Room where he had eaten the Passover, must have produced. powerful effect upon the hear...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
"I am the real vine and my Father is the vine-dresser. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. You...
I AM. See on John 14:6 TRUE. real. App-175. VINE. Three trees are used in the N.T. to teach important lessons. The fig is used by our Lord to show the causes of the doom of Israel. In Romans 11, Paul...
VER 1. I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN. 2. EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NOT FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY: AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUIT, HE PURGES IT, THAT IT MAY BRING FORTH MORE FRUI...
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DISCOURSE: 1690 CHRISTIANS BRANCHES OF THE TRUE VINE John 15:1. _I am the vine, and my Father is the husband-man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beare...
I AM THE TRUE VINE,— Our Lord, having gone with his disciples to the mount of Olives, (see the last note of the former chapter,) spent the remaining hours of his ministryin preaching to his disciples...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
VITAL UNION OF VINE AND BRANCHES _Text 15:1-11_ 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh _it_ away: and every branch that bear...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:1-6 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The persons addressed in John 15 were the eleven apostles. It was not to unsaved p...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. By a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Isaiah 5:1; ; etc.) Jesus here beautifully sets forth the spiritual Oneness of Himself and His people, and Hi...
28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...
THE TRUE YINE. THE WITNESS OF THE COMFORTER AND OF THE APOSTLES 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' which ha...
THE TRUE VINE] i.e. the ideally perfect vine. 'The vine was the symbol of Israel, not in their national but in their church capacity' (Edersheim): cp. Psalms 80:8; Isaiah 5:1; Jeremiah 2:21;...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17 V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
I AM THE TRUE VINE. — For the word “true,” comp. Note on John 1:9. The ideal truth, of which the natural vine is a figure, is fulfilled in Him. The thought is introduced suddenly, and with nothing in...
John 15:1 XII. _ THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES._ "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every bra...
Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή, “I am the true vine.” ἡ ἀληθινή suggests a contrast to other vines to which this title could not be applied: but not to a vine trailing across the window of the room wher...
THE CONDITION OF FRUITFULNESS John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and our...
I (1) am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (1) We are by nature dry and fit for nothing but the fire. Therefore, in order that we may live and be fruitful, we must first be grafted into...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
“ _I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser._ 2. _Every branch in me which bears not fruit, he takes away; and every branch which bears fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit._ 3. _...
II. THE POSITION OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT: 15:1-16:15. Jesus had just promised to His own, in ch. 14, the twofold reunion, heavenly and earthly, in which the se...
1. 15:1-17. After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
CONTENTS The Lord continues his Discourse through the whole of this Chapter. Under the Similitude of a Vine and the Branches, Jesus describes his Union with his Church. In the close of the Chapter, J...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more frui...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
1._I am the true Vine. _The general meaning of this comparison is, that we are, by nature, barren and dry, except in so far as we have been engrafted into Christ, and draw from him a power which is ne...
The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine, belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
I AM THE TRUE VINE,.... The fruit of which he had been just speaking of at supper with his disciples; and then informs them, that he himself is the vine from whence that fruit must be expected, which...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Ver. 1. _I am the true vine, &c._] Our Saviour's way lying (as it is thought) by the vineyards, he takes that occasion of comparing himself to a v...
_I am_, &c. Our Lord having gone with his disciples to the mount of Olives, employed the remaining hours of his ministry in delivering to them a long and most excellent discourse, recorded in this and...
THE TRUE VINE; figuratively and spiritually. HUSBANDMAN; keeper of the vineyard....
I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN....
CHRIST THE TRUE VINE. The Husbandman, the Vine, and the branches:...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhortatio...
1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from...
JOHN CHAPTER 15 1 THESSALONIANS 15:1 Under the parable of a vine Christ sets forth God's government of his church, and exhorts his disciples to abide in his faith and doctrine. 1 THESSALONIANS 15:12 H...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I " Then He adds, "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit He pruneth, that it may bring forth more frui...
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“I am the true vine”. In Psalms 80:8 Israel is likened to a vine which God planted, but although its beginnings were promising and it seemed to flourish, the Psalmist goes on to say, ‘the stock which...
1). JESUS IS THE NEW ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO ACT AS THE NEW WITNESS FOR GOD IN THE WORLD. IF WE WOULD ENJOY HIS BLESSING WE MUST DO SO BY LIVING CONTINUALLY IN HIM IN TRUST AND OBEDIENCE AS BRANCHES REMAI...
John 15:1. I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN. In the Old Testament the vine is the type of Israel, planted by the Almighty as the husbandman to adorn, refresh, and quicken the earth...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
THE TRUE VINE (η αμπελος η αληθινη). "The vine the genuine." Assuming that the Lord's Supper had just been instituted by Jesus the metaphor of the vine is naturally suggested by "the fruit of the vi...
TRUE "True" in contrast with Israel. (Isaiah 5:1)....
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: «I am the true vine,» John...
On the way from the supper table to the garden of Gethsemane, or while still lingering in the upper room, our Lord spoke this wondrous parable. John 15:1. _I am the true vine,-_ All other vines are...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God's ideal vine; «the true vine.» Israel was a vine; the figure...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: «I am the true vine.» All who are in Christ are in the true Chur...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, reall...
Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1. _...
CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as abiding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine._ The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of lif...
I AM THE REAL VINE. They have gotten up from the table, on which was the wine [fruit of the grape vine], and Jesus has said he will never drink it again on this earth. As they are still standing there...
_I am the True Vine_ THE ORIGIN OF THE ALLUSION Most of our Lord’s figurative discourses were obviously suggested by some outward thing. What was the visible object here? It could hardly have origin...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two “vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
1-26 CHAPTER 15 VER. 1. _I am the true Vine_. The Greek has a double art. _ή άμπελος ή α̉ληθινὴ_, _the vine the true_. The Syriac is, _I am that vine of truth_. Christ here sets forth the parable of...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have suggested th...
EXPOSITION JOHN 15:1 (7) _The parable of the vine and its branches_._ Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself_._ _The image of the vine may have been suggested by some visib...
Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in J...
1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 John 2:8; Ezekiel 15:2; Genesis 49:10; Genesi
The true vine [η α μ π ε λ ο ς η α λ η θ ι ν η]. Literally, the vine, the true (vine). True, genuine, answering to the perfect ideal. See on 1 9. The vine was a symbol of the ancient church. See the p...
THE HOLY GHOST John 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy Ghost,...
I am the true vine — So the true bread, John 6:32; that is, the most excellent....
Was Jesus the vine or the root? PROBLEM: John portrays Jesus as the vine of which believers are the branches. But elsewhere the Bible calls Him a “root out of dry ground” (Isaiah 53:2). SOLUTION: Bot...
Observe here, How our blessed Saviour, under the metaphor of. vine, elegantly sets forth himself in his relation to his visible church, shewing, under that similitude, what his Father meant to do with...